TP 5

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Scenario 2

James, an African American student, is very successful in your class and has been on the honor roll for the past three quarters. His family is concerned with his abilities to socialize with peers of various cultural backgrounds. How can you support the families in your classroom in embracing cultural identity’s role in a student’s personal and social development?

Classroom Strategies (within your own instruction at school)	A strategy that can be used to address personal and social development for this scenario inside the classroom would be the use of peer interactions for role playing. Have students collaborate, share, and discuss different topics in class in different groupings from different perspectives. This allows students to “put themselves in others’ shoes”. Small groups and shoulder partner groupings can also support socialization in low stress situations. This offers shy students low pressure situations to practice their social skills with a diverse group of peers. This also helps to develop feelings of empathy and relatedness. Comment by Katy Sell: This is a great description of classroom activities that can help this situation. Research support is ONLY required in in the rationale, but you are welcome to use more if you would like.
Collaboration Strategies (with parents)	Outside of school parents can “encourage and facilitate participation in extracurricular activities” (Ormrod & Jones, 2018, p. 281). Comment by Katy Sell: This section could have been strengthened even more if the student had explained how she (the teacher) would specifically collaborate with families to promote student growth and development outside the classroom. It just needs a little more detail. How can the parents be more involved? What if the teacher and parents helped to create/volunteer/chaperone for a school sponsored social event that is culturally based? How about a “cultures around the world” night?
Method of Communication (i.e. phone, Remind, conference in person, newsletter, etc.)	The teacher can call or set up a conference with the parents so that they can address any concerns they have about their child. The teacher can also send home information about different groups or sports the student can get involved in to promote social interaction. Comment by Katy Sell: The student did not just say she would send home information, she included a specific example of a strategy or resource that would be included in the packet. The student explained why sports groups can support peer interaction, which is excellent. Nice!
Rationale for the Method of Communication *(defend your type of communication here. Research support is required)*	Interacting with clearly concerned parents will show he parents that you take the welfare of not only their child’s education but the way they socialize, as well. Comment by Katy Sell: I needed to see why a conference or call is the most appropriate method of communication here. She needed to defend her choice with research support. There are many traditional methods of communication which are valid. Although, sometimes no matter how hard we try, the communication doesn’t reach the parent. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. What about setting up Remind and having the child’s parents sign up for it? That way you can easily keep in touch with them and remind them of school activities or meetings to help them get more involved. Or phone calls, Remind app texts, parent/teacher conferences, class websites, online class blogs or videos?